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Zombie Symbolism
A lot of symbolism can be interpreted in popular zombie films.
The undead are the ultimate other of any us-and-them division, especially if you consider us to be savvy and them to be brainless. But Zombies were not used as just a frightening enemy, but were used to show the ills of the society: consumerism, capitalism, terrorism, etc.
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Zombification
... refers to a powerful image of what governments try to do to their citizens — to create a uniform, homogeneous population, incapable of acting independently.
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Zombie Economics
Zombie economics refers to theories or ideas that are long gone, but still refuse to die.
At this basic metaphorical level, "zombie economics," for example, can describe socialists or free-market thinking, depending on which side you believe holds the monopoly on functioning synapses.
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Zombie Apocalypse shows...
... might be described as federalist in spirit. The aim seems to be to reduce the size of government radically and thereby to bring it closer to the people. Cut back to regional or local units, government becomes manageable again and ordinary people get to participate in it actively, recov...
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Doomsday prophecies
American popular culture is overflowing with doomsday prophecies and end-of-the-world scenarios.. is there some weird kind of wish-fulfillment at work in all these visions of near-universal death and destruction?
Wish fulfillment refers to the satisfaction of a desire through an involuntary...
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Chaos theory
There is, at a very deep level, a growing dissatisfaction with the centralized status quo. But for most people, the solution is far from clear. In the popular imagination, central government is associated with order; the state and the society are understood to rise and fall together....
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Zombie Craze as Medium and a Message
- As a medium, zombies can be used as a comparison and an example to better discuss concerns and problems in the community.
- It could also serve as a message to promote awareness on how zombies are being reflected in the society.
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How Zombies are Reflected in Life
A lot of people have related zombies to the lives of humans, mostly social ills, including consumerism, racism, capitalism, and terrorism.
Most of the films about zombies are not about the zombies themselves, but on how people cope or with the reality of the undead.
2. Never overestimate your worth
Feeling good about your product or service is definitely a booster. and great feedback pumps you up to do more. But when negative feedback comes, sometimes it sets us back heavily, especially at the beginning stages.
Some entrepreneurs quickly resort to defence and overestimate th...
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